Since the turn of the millennium, over 5,000 women have been murdered in Guatemala. To give a better idea of what this figure means, consider that if Guatemala, with its population of 14 million, were the size of the United States, this would add up to 110,000 women murdered in a decade. And conditions are only worsening with the passage of time. In 2000, 213 women met violent deaths in Guatemala, compared to 720 in 2009 and 675 in 2010. Worse still, only an estimated 2 percent of these cases have received legal action.
Two thirds (66%) of [women in prison] reported having been involved in at least one violent relationship.
Females [in prison] were substantially more likely than males to report that since the age of 16 years, they had been subjected to at least one form of sexual violence (29% versus 2%). Women were also more likely to report that they had been subjected to such sexual violence on more than one occasion (22% versus 2%).
Twenty two percent of women reported having engaged in vaginal or anal sexual activity with a partner who threatened violence (compared with <1% of men); 21% of women reported having been subjected to actual violence during sexual activity (versus 1% of men); and 18% of women reported having had a partner who used their weight or size to immobilise the participant during sexual activity (versus 2% of men).
45% of [imprisoned] women reported that a partner or spouse had engaged in at least one form of abuse or control in the year preceding their current incarceration.
54% of homeless women with children, leave due to domestic violence and the absence of longterm, secure and affordable housing often drives them back into violent relationships and unsafe housing.
An 18- to 24-year-old unmarried woman who is a wage or salary earner faces a 55% chance of experiencing violence in any 12-month period.
Weatherburn, D. (2002). Law and Order Blues. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 35, 127-144.
![Young people are especially likely to become victims of sexual assault. More than half of the total costs [to Minnesota] ($4.1 billion) resulted from sexual assaults on children aged 0-17.Assaults of females accounted for 76% of the sexual assault costs.
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Young people are especially likely to become victims of sexual assault. More than half of the total costs [to Minnesota] ($4.1 billion) resulted from sexual assaults on children aged 0-17.
Assaults of females accounted for 76% of the sexual assault costs.
Miller, T., Taylor, D., & Sheppard, M. (2007). Costs of Sexual Violence in Minnesota.
“Congolese officials estimate that 80,000 pounds of gold are smuggled out of the country each year, which at today’s high gold prices is worth more than $1 billion, much of it going straight into rebel hands.”
• In NSW, in 2007, Indigenous people were five and a half times as likely to be a victim of domestic violence as non-Indigenous people (Indigenous women were 6.2 times as likely to be a victim of domestic violence as non-Indigenous women)
• In Victoria, in 2007-08, Indigenous people were 4.5 times as likely to be a victim of domestic violence related assault as non-Indigenous people (Indigenous women were five times as likely to be a victim of domestic violence as non-Indigenous women)
• In Queensland, in 2007-08, Indigenous people were 17.8 times as likely as non-Indigenous people to be a victim of domestic violence related assault (Indigenous women were 21.2 times as likely to be a victim of domestic violence as non-Indigenous women)
Indigenous females between 25 and 54 are between 9 and 23 times more likely to die from assault than non-Indigenous females of comparable age.
Indigenous males between 25 and 54 are between 11 and 17 times more likely to die from assault than non-Indigenous males of comparable age.
